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Topic: Apricot in an ale? (Read 1146 times)

Ok I know this isn't for everyone but, I had a Dogfishhead Apri hop beer and I actually liked it. Could I have a keg of it and not get sick of it? WHo knows? But, my wife loved it so at least if I get sick of it she won't. I was thinking of what hops to use in it and figured I would go with citrusy hops like Amarillo and Cascade. What do you guys think?

I brewed a APA this past fall with homegrown Cascade and Centennial hops (Cascade as the late addition and dry hop) and while I didn't add any fruit it had a major apricot aroma which was surprising but really nice. I used US05 yeast, which is usually pretty clean so I don't think it was the yeast. Anyway, from the way that beer tasted I would think at least the casacde or similar citrusy hops would work well.

I brewed a beer I called Hopricot that was inspired by the Aprihop by Dogfish. It was a pretty standard APA but lighter on hops than normal. I have the recipe at home which I can check later, but I think it had a couple of Amarillo additions. Then in secondary I put it on several pounds of pureed apricots, and dry-hopped it with half an ounce of Amarillo and half an ounce of Palisade. You could probably do all Palisade as has a definite apricot aroma, so it does compliment the apricot. I also added just a dribble of Apricot flavoring at kegging, just to get a little more apricot flavor in there. It came in at about 6% ABV and my friends went nuts on it last summer. A fruit beer that is still kinda hoppy.